No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but such incidents are often claimed by ISIL Takfiri terrorists.

The overall security situation in Iraq has worsened over the past few months as ISIL terrorists, of whom many are foreign militants, have taken control of parts of Iraq’s northern and western regions.

They have been committing heinous crimes in the captured areas, including mass executions and beheadings of people.

The Iraqi army, backed by pro-government tribes, Shia volunteers and Kurdish Peshmerga, has so far managed to make significant gains in the fight against the terrorists.

Since August, the US and some of its allies have been conducting airstrikes against what they say are ISIL positions in Iraq. Some members of the US-led coalition also started a similar bombing campaign inside Syria in September.